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****** JC??gag-jaB?agaegja?ga3?A^teaa?<a
The Crystal jPaSace??peaiiag off th?
Eshibitiou*
'the increasing activity in and around tlx
Crystal Palace gives a good degree of as>uranct
that the announcement made a few days ?hic?
by the Directors, of their intention to open tin
Exhibition on the 15ih of July next, will In
fulfilled. Several hundred workmen are em
ployed upon the Palace. The tuaguificem
dome is nearly enclosed, nnd will eontiilmt*
? ? ?* - I - 4-1 t .
largely to ttie oeauiy 01 ine tuuciure. .-n
iron railing, now in process of erection, wil
enclose llie. building, and the intcrin*?diut<
grounds arc to he ornamented with shrubben
and flowers.
The interior arrangements ?if thePulaeeun
derthc direction of the General Superinten
dent, Mr. Da pmit,are neaily completed. The;
a re si tuple, hut adiniraMvciassified. The ground
floor is divided into four quarters, lettered A
Ii, C, and 1), separated from each other lv
wide and -pacious naves. Each of die e ; art
isdivided iutoarcasof ?weutv-Scvcn feet square
to whirh are added lout tiinngular areas
Most of the articles in the American depart
ineut are assigned either to Division A, ?>r ap
nronriatn nlares in die Galleries. Division;
r- i i ?. " . . .
B and C, and a large part of Division D, wil
be a lotted, wiib a -uliicieut portion of tin
Galleries, to Foreign articles.
The cent it* ?>f the building, a wide and spa
t-ious area, immediately under the d une, am
of course the must con>picuou- point in tht
exhibition, is t?> be occupied by a noble e?m
tributioil of Italian genius, the Baron Maro
chetti's equestiiaa statue of Washing:v?n, i:
bronze.
Other works of art, sin-it*-is st::*?i;?ry. >c<tlp
ture, bronzes, basts, cVe., \%i 1 bo di?t<ibute?
throughout the naves and eou-ts of t!ie build
ing, under the direction t<f the General Super
inteudeut. Among the-e ate smile specimen:
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of the rarest tneiit, and winch will doubtless
attract a large share of attention from the en
rious visitor. Not to enumerate all it will Its
sufficient to mention such works as TI:o. wal I
sen's group, in piaster, of Christ and the twelvi
Apostles; Prof. Kiss' ceiebratvd tl-0"p of tin
Amazon on Horseback, altaeked by a tiger
which received a Council Medal at the Lotidor
Exhibition. Carcw's colossal statue of Danie
Webster, to occupy, ?'c t>eii?-vt?, one 01 i n
naves or main aisles of the budding. A group
^ In bronze, of an Indian rider limling ;i javelii
at a serpent; the figures of the size of life
and pronounced a production of the highemerit.
At each extremity of the foilr galleries
overlooking the centre of the building, is tf
be placed one ?>f the suits of ancient anno
from the Tower of London, which the Lug
lisb Government have contributed to the Exhibition.
The American contributions of tin
fine arts, sculpture, paintings, engravings, &r.
have not yet, we understand, been assignee
their places, but will l>e the subject of specia
direction from the Directors of Paintings am
Sculpture, under the authority of the Genera
Superintendent.
The extent and variety of the contribution o
foreign articles to this Exhibition, will be fount
on an inspection of the catalogue, much great
er than lias been generally supposed. Most o
the nations of Europe contribute liberally, ant
some of them munificently, to this great col
lection of Industrial Arts. Some of the finest
specimens of the arts and industrial skill o
Great Britain, France, Italy, the German States
Switzerland, even Austria, have been received
or are on their way, to be placed in compari
son by the side of the products of our owi
soil,and the labor of our own countrymen. Take*
for example, the latter country, with whom w<
have had very little commercial or diplomatic
intercourse. The contributions ol Austria, an.
both extensive and varied, comprising speck
mens of the useful, as well as the Fine Arts
Among the former are specimens of cutlery
edge tools, clothing, shawls, dyed silks, silverware,
porcelain, candelabras, vases, table slabs,
in marble, mosaic tables, Ac. Among the
latter are pictures, bronze statues, has reliefs,
some fine'sculpture in artificial marble, porcelain
paintings by an eminent Austrian artist,
that will doubtless attract the attention of the
connoisseur, namely?the founder of thy Ads*
rian inivn-irf-hv Ftiidolnh of Hausbunr.
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Even the black Emperor Soutoquc sends
from Hayti specimens of the products and industrial
resources of that Island. These have
already been noticed by the press. The Tuikish
frigate, w ith her cargo of Musselmen fab'
rics and curiosities, has not yet arrived ; we
hope to welcome it. if not at the opening, certainly
before the close of the Fair.
Prominenttamong the French contributions,
' and perhaps first among the textile fabrics ol
tj?e world, in point of elegance arid artistic
skill, stand those famous and wonderful product
ions, the Gobelin tapestry and carpets,
Napoleon III has contributed' some very ele^
gant and costly specimens of these fabrics to
the exhibition, and a \v-?rd in respect to their
history and manufacture may not be uninteresting
to the reader. Their manufacture dateback
to about the year 14f>0, and (lie name is
derived from the ingenious inventor, Jean
Gobelin.
The practice of an art or trade was then a
mystery; and such the fabrication of the
Gobelin tapestries seems to have remained
even down to the present ckiy. To so great
perfection had it arrived in flie days of bouis
XIV, that that magnificent monarch puichased
the establishment." for the State, (L'etul c'cxt a
moi~I am the State.) and they have ever since
continued the property of the ruling power in
France. They were neatly destroyed duiing
the revolution of 1789, but were revived again
under Napoleon, and are now in full and sue
cessful operation. In the manufacture of those
fabrics, th? most patient labor and exquisite
skid are lequired. None but the very finest
paiutig&s are used as copies, and one of tlie
most eminent artists in the empire is the superintendent
of the establishment. Some of
these tapestries require many years to finish,
and to such an exquisite perfection of work
mansbip have they arrived, that the tapestry
pictures are said, in point of color and finish,
to be superior to the originals. The tapestries
and carpets arc manufactured entire, i lie
largest carpet ever made was for tho (Jalleiy
of tho Louvre, 1,300 feet, or nearly one quarter
of a mile, in length. These carpets are
only used in the royal palaces of France, or.
like tho tapestries given away by the Empp.
ror as presents to propitiate foreign powers.
The specimens sent to thia country far e.\hition
by Napoleon are said bo exceedingly rich
and valuable.
Altogether this exhibition bids fair in many
of its features, to equal, if m?t ex'-eorl the pu ..
x-ipcf tin : i
<Wiul, but a g.a.id a . i -3 . .> . .
the best specimens of the products, iho a. L-,
:h ? ?rd.j.?f?'v -f our pv. -errtry ird En
_T ~r-?? ~
} [ rojie. Tlio Director* arc certainly entitled to J f
j great credit for the perseverar.ee a ml energy , I
;j with which they have so far conducted thisi 1
?! vast enterprise, and we douht not they will! I
! fully carry it <>ut to a s:icce*sful femiiunlioi). ; j
j The credit of the whole country,as well as the j >
3' honor of the City of New-Yoik, is involved in ! t
- ! the succe-s of the undertaking. j >
11 ^ JYYft' Yurie Tribune. | <
i i From the Charleston -Mercury. I
I ! The Calhoma Hlouumcut. ?
.* j Me-sks. Editors: Y<ui will please publish 1
the following communication from the Green I
J ville .Mountaineer. The suggestion, and the J
- sentiments contained in it. cannot fail to meet, '
- with a hearty response in the liosom jnf every (
r true Carolinian. The apathy which has hith- (
to seetniiiglv prevailed >>u the subject of the . (
, erection of a .Monument to Caltmen cannot | '
v ' be real The adniiration and love which the i '
> j people of South ('arolinia bore him, was too 1
profound and intense to have become so soon 1
;. i extinguished in their Ik-aits. The 4th of Jui\ 1
i is a (it day, and an ausj ienmsoceaMon lot blic 1
! fbrmalioiHif Associations thnmeliont the Slate. '
5 We Icive understood, from rcliuiile nullioiilv, ,
I lli.-il arrangements are in progress in the Par ^
.* islrcs of St Lukes am] St. Helena, for the fur- :
mat ion of Associations. We hope that the ,
suggestions ot the Greenville eoinmiinieation 1
1 will he adopted throughout the State, and that
. an organization of a sufficient number of Asso- '
ciatious will be effected, that speedily secure (
the erection of a .Momnnent worthy of Calhoun '
i and honorable to the State.
LQW COUNTRY.
_
i Caiiiotm ^onusucis! Association.
Mr*E urroa: Will von all' W the fn'lowiag 1
appeal to the citizens of South Cnmlitiin to l>? I
i made through the medium of \ oar wtdelv cir. 1
; cnlated journal. The next Ann'versarv of
American Independence is near at hand Hun- '
dreds?thousands of ihe people of this Repnh. '
lie will then assemble to rej??ice in the enjoy- }
meat of regulated constitutional liberty ?the. 1
i -only true freedom upou earth Above all nth- 1
, ers this seems the fit time to do honor to the J
i memory of an illustrious statesman ; and there 1
I fore I respcctifully suggest the propriety of 1
i adopting that memorable day fin1 the com 1
, mencement of a general and united aetion
i among the citizens c.f South Carolinia. On the
, 4'h of July next. let. eaeh district, which has
t done so, form a Calhoun Monument Assoeia 1
. tion It may not be generally known that !
i there are six Calhoun Monument Associations I
i | nuw 111 uiv oiaivr. i iiis is mt*ikmiiii'u :
to show wlirit lias been done. These As^n ia I (
tions arc now waiting for and expect such pro. j '
; eeedings; ami t !?oy require aid properly to ac- !
, coMiplisli the design they have undertaken.?
i This is not the occasion to make anv sugges1
tious as to time and place, when an 1 where the
1 Monument shall be built. ?
t Co-operation may afterwards be arranged
; bv a meeting of Delegates from these District
f Associationst>> be held atsueh time nod place as
1 may be hereafter selected?and all these mat
ters shall then be discussed and no doubt satisf
j factorily adjusted. It is certainly time (more
I j than three years sie.ee the death of Calhoun)
that some general manifestation of this kind
t i should bo made. The neglect to do so has
f; excited the wonder of strangers and the niorti,
i fication of friends amongst us who revere the
, j memory of Calhoun. Let the people of South
! CnroSiuiathus oiler their willing tiibute?and
) i the ev'ent of that" day shall meet the appro,
i bation of all patriotic citizens of the whole
>j country?and above all it shall command
; [ t.ho best approval of our hearts and minds.? j
:! Let us then not neglect that wiiich it is, indeed
> our high and honorable duly to do.
. j Such other papers as may approve the sug,:
gestion now offered will please publish the
| above.
, j
> j From (he Cotton riant.
, i Southern TC;iiuiinc?iires.
j The South is turning its attention towards
,1 manufactures. Heretofore she lias been com
j pellt-d by her peculiar situation to oppose al- ;
i most every system of domestic industry, be- (
J cm-e it could not be established without the ! '
sappott of legislative protection, lier interest '
j was not compatible with such a system, and | '
: hence she has opposed all tariffs which itn | ^
i posed a duty on foreign goods for any purpose I _
| other than revenue: Tire constitution author !j
iy.(?s no legislation which builds no one section i *
of the country at the expense of another. The j '
power of the Republic would not he di-tribu- 1
, ted or well balanced if it could be made the '
instrument of impoverishing one pa it and en- | 1
: riclung another. Protection opposed upon these 1
^rounds has become almo-t obsolete, and un- ' 1
O ... .
, der the present ailministralion, or ail) other for. I
a long time to come can form no part of our j 1
> policy. The result of this st niggle lias been '
a piejndice in many pails of jiie South against 8
. all manufactures. The subject matter if a ] '
; long eon-tituiiounl litigation has been c??n-j ^
i founded with the objuet of th".t litigation, and '
i j the mere 111e111i<>11 of manufacture suggests an j 1
; attempt to violate our constitutional rights. I 1
Toe countrv, al-o being eminently agiieultu- 1
r.d. has alloided in uatuial product a su-tciianee | 1
I for her people and built up towns, cities, rail,
roads, and other improvements and obviated . (
; the necessity of any other species of enter- 1
piize. r.ut ancient prejudice is disappearing' '
lie fore the necessity whi.-h compels us to i s
i strengthen ourselves in all the elements of a ; 1
state. Our population is increasing rapidly t :l
arid cannot well subsist upon the bounty of the 1
II Tin. /.-o.it-il vi 11ii*11 lifts ?iniiI-it..<I i
.>"11 w?|l >. III". \,??| v.. MMM ... V.
from the successful prosecution of a niercan- 1
tile ami agricultural pir^iiils is becoming too 1
groat to bo invested profitably i:i tlio culture of. '
tliesoil. I Icnce it must lie employed in fiucigu '
enterpri/.o or b* invented in the stock market, (1
subject to g < it I'luctnation iu value and \ iold- 1
ing at be-l. the meagre s:.\ per coot, interest. 1
l!" this lip true, into'e-.' and ueeps-ity demand ;|
that our policy should emm.ico uiaiuifieturos. *
\\ hocvi-r examines tin* geographical features 11
will observe great natural advantages. Iu ma- '
ii y parts there are immense bods <d coal, which. '
if applied t> mauufictili iug piirpn-.es, might ill
time build up villages which would he to Anieri- ^
ea what Hiruiingli.im, Manchester, Leeds ami . r
i Wolverhamptou arc to IDngland. .Man;. <.| <,u,
l linost streams rise in the uiouutaius and tia-j"
ver>e the country many miles belbie they roach "
tiie sea. In many places da :s might be built
across them, aud tiius we would have a great
and cheap agent. We have not only the po?v. e
er, but we have also the material? upon which ^
this power may be employed. V\ e supply the '
w.11-111 uirli oi.lion which as a necessary ail!
? ' : i',i *.l i>ii!v to !'?'? I V' 11 v
.. ii. i it i . ..1 ,
j i;!c\ ;iii- turtlevcd iii nuking tue < oaisu ?t i t<
! of nffp'i \4 in tha* if iriflnr i-c
netiires are establish? I upon a large scale the j
ionic demand for our staple would be great. |
!' we consume a large part of our cotton at ;
ionic, less would be senL to foreign markets, j
Mid it' the supply decrease?, British consumers
iVoiild lie compelled to pay more for the raw 1
nateiial, and lieiiee foreign goods would so far j
neiea-e in price that we might compete sue ossfuily
with foreign manufactures. Nor i
iVotild a svstem of mamiiactures established in
lie South sutler even in its infancy from foreign |
'.ompetitioii. We have a pecies of lahor
vhich is as cheap as the cheapest of British :
raupers. It is under greater control and suit j
cot to stricter subordination, and in time would I
tccoinc iirjcli more available. There is no
Joubt that slave labor could be employed sue- j
jessl'ully in mining ami in large manulatttiriiig i
operations. Intelligent superintendents might
ie necessary as they aie in other countries, j
mt si> tar as mechanical execution is concerned, !
.lie American negro would sei ve. as well as t ho '
gnoraut operative of England. So far as tlie
pialitv and price of labor is concerned we are
mt, behind any part of the manufacturing world
md we should be ahead of all others in the ad- i
vantage of a choice home market. The practicability
of manufacture in the South is too
ipparent for argument- The consequences that
.voiild follow its establishment are too great lor
.'oinprehctisioii.
Enterprize and ingenious men and capital
would be attracted hither ami bring their ne- !
:essary train tit" dependants. In a quarter of J
i century we might behold a countrv now I
..I I -T..J 1 I .*.: > I
[>:ir.-.C'.y semen, soiuucu wmi mining jri.iiijji-* i
did vnfii' with the noise ??f spindles and the j
ioging of a hundred forges. An extensive !
ustem of mannfaetuies in cotijunctioii with '
lie immense growth of one of the most iiu- j
toriant sta| les of modern commerce, would
nake the South all that she Would desire to he
?a state in heiself. A moral and political
lower unknown in any other portion of this
leoiisphere, ami fit to lie coveted hy the world,
.vould accrue to us. It would prove a breakwater
to the tide of Northern aggression. It
yould contribute very much to the final re
dotation of that equality of power and the
epreseotat'on which existed when the (J11i i
ivas formed, and secure- our implied libeities
inder the constitution from further attack.
4
Capital and its Uses*
A very amusing article is published in Put
lam's Magazine for the current mouth, vthicn
ilthoiigh it may be considered personal by a
ew individuals, convex s a wholesome lesson,
itic! will undoubtedly do more to check a ten
Jeiicy to extravagant and cosily living preva
cut ill American society than ali the long hornlies
on frugality and industry that have been
iviittcu by political economist-. A certain Mr. |
Potiphar, a plain, plodding business man, w ho
ic iipies a "palatial man-ion" up town, dubiously
bewails the fashionable tendencies oi
lie times, and the impoiin.bins of his heller
lalf in deference to then:, by wli.ch lie is comidled
to leave his old home, where his cliilIren
were horn, and build and furnish a more
jostly establishment. I'oliphar belongs to the
dass of husiiicss moo who have more ta.-te for
:omfort than finery, and is a victim to the
ashionablc lollies of his wife, Mrs. P. is one
?f the imitating cla>s, who is constantly get
ing some rich, rare and expensive thing*" be:atise
it is the la-hion in England, or because
ier neighbors have it. Her house is a medley
nf pictures, statues, gaudy carpets and entrains,
ami an over prolusion of co-tlv furiiilure,
nixed up in such curious style and with such
flit ire disregard of the tkue.-ss of thing-, as to
xcitc the ridicule of persons of good taste.
The writer deserves the thanks^pf ail genune
business men for this successful effort to '
jring into ridicule and discountenance the exicn&ivc
and foolish stylo of living adopted by
nany of (Tar successful merchants. A mode
ate household expenditure, embracing all the
romlorts of a home, and such of the luxuries
ind refinements of life as may be in good taste,
s an indication of sense and prudence; while
verytiling beyond, is cvideucj of weakness
mJ pride, and can only excite the pity and
tnntcmpt of the re lined and intellectual.?To
mild a splendid house because somebody else
las built one, is evidence of a vuin and frivoous
character, and a useless waste of funds
vliieli might be better employed.
Few men can indulge in useless show with
ustice to themselves and the community in
vliieli thev live. The man who builds bis (if*
y-tliousaiid dollar bouse and furnishes it in a
mrresponding style of magnificence, justifies
limsvlf by the plea that lie has been benefit*
ng the artiznns engaged in its coustructiaii,
vbo have received ample pay fur their labor,
jut he should not overlook the fact that I his
die of magnificence when fairly established, is
o ail intents and purposes, dead capital. It
ias cca-ed to circulate in the channels of trade,
md stands a monument of the billy and srl*
i-liiiess of its owner. The active business til
lie community in w hich its occupant resides j
ias |-ist so much of iis vital cuirent Capital j
i ..lit lv .. .1. i ; !
- l<> ir?uie \Miai me iiioihj is 10 me iihiij ; auu ;
i the same ratio that it is withdrawn lVoin cirailation
is the business of the country paralyz'd
ynd killed.
" Palatial residences1' have ruined many inlu*lriousaud
hardworking businessmen. The I
ost of the establishment could easily be borne; j
nit its stibs^neiit niainteiiiiuec in the required j
t vie is an iiiiforst eii ditih tilt v. He funis, wlieii ;
cm late, that bis " palace*' is a more expensive
flair than be at first imagined and its current
'.xpenses are a ruinous drain on bis business,
nvolviug in some eases a suspension of it ami
ionsequeiit bankruptcy. We say limbing of
lie trouble and perplexity attendant mi an at- |
eiiipt io " keep up with the fashions'*?the
inpinlt'iice and waste ol i Ik; servants, an the I
litlicully of proeiiriiig good ones?the fornialiv
and stillness of la-bimiable etiijnetle, so to- ,
ally at variance with true comfort the gulling !
.nnoyaiiee of seeing y ourself outstripped in I
mne expensive atliclu sported by a neighbor j
uore louii-h than yourself, and the disagreea- |
i|e eoliseioit-in*?.s lbat (bis round ol lusliionnile
fbtly mti-t lie maiutaimd -it any li.-iz tl. j
The active bu-iness armnui ns possesse I lit* |
irst elaim on our capital. We want more rail- j
n.rls; we want .-team lines l<> vaiinus pint-, j
iiiino anil foreign ; <>nr own immediate I j 11 - i ie-s
may lio extended witli advantage In our
elves and others; the charitable and heiievoenI
eiiterpii7.es of the day want a-si-lanre;
inuinerahie objects of social, moral, and >cntifie
utililv claim our attention, and po?esn'tter
claims to our money than the osleiitaions
gratification of ourpiide.- Cotton Plant. 1
Not half a e ntury ago. in Kuglainl. tin- ca-es ji
v. -.( . . ( ii i. uiiieiit amounted in a single yeai 1
j a hundred ami twenty. In ISo'J there were
' lywr. itvi all far t"tjrdrr 11
Clje (Cantkn Ulfdtlt) Journal. |
Tuesday, July 5, 1953.
TFcT.L WARREN, Editor! ~ ~
A Special Request.
I desire all persons who are indebted to mo either
for the paper or work done in this office, or for any
thing else, to settle immediately, as my arrangements
are such as to require settlements in every case very
shortly. I hope this will be sufficient, as I will place
my unfinished business early in the fall in the hands o1
a:i Attorney for settlement.
TRIO. J. W A It REX.
Orator for 1854.
At a meeting of the citizens of the town and vicini- i
ty, hold at the Court House on yesterday, William
Taylou, Esq., was appointed Orator for the 4th of July
1854.
Rain.
We were blessed with several refreshing showers of
rain on Monday. The indications now are, that they
continue.
Exceptions to all Rules.
The trutli of the proverb that some things can bo
done as well as others, admits of speculation. There
is no rule without an exception, relating to finite
things. Xow wo ask, if it is reasonable to suppose,
that when the thcrmometor is in the neighborhood of
the Nineties, that a man is expected to divest himself
of nil personal considerations, and irrespective of his
comfort and anxiety to keep cool, should sit down and
deliberately attempt to impose upou his readers by
palming oil'an editorial purporting to bean emanation
from his own prol'fic brain ? If our readers want edi
torials t!.ey must write them, for we confess that our
ingenuity is taxed to its utmost capacity. Copy is
wanted, nnd the only plan by which it can be obtained,
is to scissorize pretty extensively.
Acknowledgement. *
Hon. D. Wallace will accept our thanks for a recent
favor.
Our Representatives Abroad.
The recent instructions of Secretary Marcy to our
Foreign representatives?that all unnecessary distinctions
he laid aside, and the primitive customs of our
country bo restored in regard to our intercourse and
appearance at tho dillerent courts of other countries?
strike us as being not only in keeping with the pretensions
of our government, but as perfectly consistent
with good common sense mid republican forms. We
profess to be a democratic government, and independent
of those peculiar distinctions which characterize
others. True Republicanism is the ba.-is upon which
our government was first instituted : but a disposition
lias been very manifest on our pari to ape the crowned
heads, and in more ways than one. This was manifested
when the first President was inaugurated; there
were those then t? bo found who w mid have made
Washington a King; but happily it was timely icsirainod,
and titled aristocracy is a thing in name, and
not in fact. We have no heirs to llio throne?the
people makotheir Presidents.
There is great lust for power, and when that power
is obtained, it does happen sometimes that it is abused.
Rut there is a remedy. Tho power that gave, has the
power to take away. We believe that to a certain
extent, at least, there should be rules and regulations
in every department and sphere of our government lor
the proper operation of the same. There must be rules |
of politeness and some established forms by which to j
l>n w/.vnrnrtil but tliiiro is sooli .1 tliiiirr ns nvnrilninrr 1
the matter, ami standing too much upon trifles. The
simplicity ol'vur conscript Fathers, is truly refreshing
iii these later days of progress and presumption. Then,
tliero cuuld bo gentlemen without trouble?it came
natural. And.Franklin, when called to stand before
Kings and crowned heads, was a worthy represcnta
tive and genuine specimen of the nation he representedlie
was a plain, unpretending gentleman, and did not j
cam for the pimp and circumstance of power. Great
men are generally distinguished by their simplicity and
natural ease of manners. It is not necessary that a
great man should assume any particular charac eristic,
or possess eccentricities by which to distinguish him
from the common herd. If lie is entitled to greatness,
it will show itself; and others will discover his merits
as soon ns he does himself. A man is not obliged to
be strange, to be singularly talented; and there is not
a surer test by which to judge of the real man, than
when honors crowd thick and fast ttpon him. Some
men are born to honors, and some have honors thrust
upon litem. But if a man is not sufficient for them,
they will not sit jomfortably upon him, and therefore
ho will be apt to got rid of them without much trou- |
blc
Wo might go on spcculatingtoaconsiderablclength. |
The point is this, that our government needs a great !
deal of modification, a kind of general razeeing?wo
know of no better word?to bring it back to its original
simplicity and beauty of operation. Wc like the
present move in regard to instructions to our foreign
Military Fame.
We see it stated iliat when tlio late Major General j
Riley went to Mexico, lie was only a Colonel, but
burned for a chance to distinguish himself, that ho j
might obtain higher honors. lie is said to have used ;
the expression, "Major General Riley, or Death." lie j
got both: the title, asa reward lor his brilliant achieve- i
monls; and death in consequence of his hardships and j
exposures. This only confirms the truth of the poet: I
"The paths ot glory lead but to the grave."
Americans in Aistralia.?The returned Calilbr.
niansf otn Australia make most melancholy statements
of their treatment in the new El Dorado. All Americans
were throated with indignity there, being openly
and grossly insulted in the streets. .Some Frenchmen
who have returned to California from that country
make similar statements concerning themselves.
Charlotte and Soctii Carolina Railroad.?The !
11,.... I .niiwi.iis li:i\r> decbircil a dividend of Two
Dollars and a lialfon cacli share for the last six motitlis
?payable at tlio Railroad oftice in Columbia on and
after the first of July
Texas and the Indians.?It is stated that Texas
lias proposed to the Government to take charge of tho j
Indians on the frontier. The plan is to employ ran-j
gers. and send all the useless and expensive forts
(scattered to no purpose, as if chance sotvn, all over
lower Texas) up to tho northern verge of tho settlements.
Sl'si'ieious?A telegraphic despatch from Xerv Orleans
states that two vessels, armed to the teeth, and
of suspicious appearance, went to sea from the IJchze
last Wednesday afternoon?destination unknown. II":
truo. this is a very important piece of information. |
Tan Monibeal Riot.?Mayor Wilson, of Montreal,
it is said, lias left tho city?public opinion running
atrong against him as the ono who gavo to tho troops
tiro ordor to ?re. Alderman Atwater, a nativo of
Vermont, has 1)0611 elated Mavcr pro torn by the ,
!>nitrtfm ^mol.
gag wr/rrwflMf.s, j iifcuumauMi'mu mam:
Bank OF XewheSBT.?This institution was organized
on the ]stirf3t., and the following gentlemen elected-Directors:
B. D. Boyd, J. P. Kinard. J. A. Renwick,
A. Turner, L. J. Jones, John Belton O'Neall,
John W. Simpson, Jacob II. "Wells, E. T. ilcMorrics,
S. T. Agnew, D. Xaucc, Silas Johnston, and Thomas
B. Dillard.
At meetings of the Board of Directors, B. D. Boyd
was elected President, and James F. Harrington a Diector,
vice Drayton Nance, who resigned.
Grant Thorburn, better known as "Laurio Todd,"
has just been married again, at the age of 82 years.
For the Camden. Journal.
Mr. Editor: I had the pleasure, amongst many
others, of attending the examination of the
young ladies in the school of the liev. I S. K.
Legakk, in the village of Orangeburg.
The several classes were examined alternately
by Messrs. Legare and Lafar, in all the various
branches of a thorough education. The course
of studies pursued by the young ladies were
spelling, and reading in prose and poetry, parsing
and grammar, both English and French;
algebra, with questions and examples; arithmetic,
including fractions; natural history, philosophy,
<fce., (fcc.; astronomy and French, it would
be invidious to name any particular pup:], as all
exhibited the strongest marks of having bee.i well
taught.
After the examination of each class, the audience
was favored with music on the Fiano in
duetts and solos, b}' Misses liarh and liammer
skold, accompanied by many of the young ladies
of the seminary. Miss Ilarh and Miss Ilainmerskold
appear lobe eminently'qualified as
teachers of music.
The examination occupied the 28th and 29th
days of June, and it closed with a musical soiree
on the evening of the 29th, much to the gratification
of over two hundred persons.
If there is a consoling thought, it is in the
contemplation of the progress of the youthful
mind, and especially in that of the softer sex,
inasmuch as they have been neglected to an unpardonable
extent. We all know the influence
of the mother ii early life, and often through
time. It is th- mother who should be the tutor
of at least all the primary classes, and why not
educate them as thoroughly as Fathers, giving
to the mother that certain inllunee for good
which the educated will ever confer. 1 need
not say to Volt, Mr. Editor, that some of the first
intellects in our country, owe their greatness in
a good measure to the instruction of their mothers.
Ought we then, knowing these tacts, care
lessly neglect the opportunity of instructing out
daughters? Woii'd thateverv parent possessed
tin* facility, and that instead <f laboring to acijuirc
the f?'| utatioii of bring wraith v. roiil'rr
finished educntioii on each child,<-\vti if they were
lift without a dollar of this wot Id's good*. They
would possess the means of acquiring a eompe
t< ncv for themselves, or at least haw tin irmmd-loied
with such useful information as to d-pise
the idle influence of fashion and dn which has
been the ittin of thousands.
I believe the school numbers about seventy
pupils, iind* fur tlie short time since the commencement,
it bids fair to rank with any like
institution. The locality is a good one, boll, on
account of its healtlifulness, and being accessible
by rail road from all quarters of the State. Much
more might be said, but as I do not share in the
remotest degree in any of the profits ofthe school.
; this is not intended as a puff, but simply to tell
Barents and Guardians that there is such a
Seminary of learning in Orangeburg, and if they
do not seize the opportunity of enjoying its
benefits, it will not be the fault of one of the
VISITORS.
Small Bills.?The Hamburg Republican
says: "The Bank of Hamburg lias, with accus
turned liberality, authorised us to give notice t?
I ersons holding small bills issued b? Banks oir
of this Slate that stich bills will be redeemed or
taken in by said Bank, and small bill? of the
Bank of this Stale or specie given in exchange.
This is most liberal and praiswortby on the part
of the Bank, and will tend to remove all the anticipated
difficulties about change, and enable
persons holding these foreign shin planters to
convert them into a legal currency."
Jt ?
Hon. Daniel Wallace.?We take this occasion
to expresss our very high appreciation ?>l
his services in the position from which he ha.<
withdrawn. Our State has had in her delegations
few who have equalled him in all those
requisites which go to constitute an efiieaenl
and useful representative. The interests of
his constituency have ever been present to his
mind, and in the discharge of all matters entrusted
to his care, lie has manifested a willing
promplguss, which few occupying the position
are found ready to cxetcise. Although it was
our lot to difier with him in the late important
political issue in this State, we have never questioned
the purity of his purpose, the honesty of
his convictions, or the sincerity of devotion to
the best interests of the State. We extremely
regret his withdrawal from public life, and trust
he may yet again enter the field of usefulness
for which lie is so eminently fitted. In his retirement
we hope that, the Ides-iugs of peace
and piospvrity may ever attend him.
Chester Standard.
Melancholy Suicide.? We learn with regret,
that. Mr. John Crawford committed suicide, bv
cutting his throat, in the lower part of this 1 ?istrict,
on Saturday iast. The cause, we understand,
was mental derangement, under which lu*
had been laboring for some months past. Mr
C was a worthy and respectable citizen, who
deserved and received the confidence and esteem
of his neighbors. He leaves a wife and a large
family of industrious children to mourn his loss.
Kdtjcfeld .1</rcrt iser.
Ct'ua, iiku L\nou and Products ?A fia
v.-inacorrespondent nl'tlic vow A l< Kxpressof
a late date, say s : " The e?.iiiiiieie? < (Tl 1-| .ml
i- U"t only iaigel v Ameiican, iuit ue!i of t
piodiictioii is in Ameiican lian-.s 1 l.-ir ts
( in money here who visit their estates
but once or twice a year xt present,
however there is not i-kmc than ?oic lit'h ol
the Island i ullivated at ail. I he e.\po:t <>l five
hitii<11 eil i hoiisaiid liKg-heaos, 01 one mi lion
five hundred tlmnviiiu boxes ol sugar per anii
ii in eouhl easily la* niiillipiied t?uir or live
fold, and wiiuiil bo if the country belonged to
the United States, and labor could he procured.
The trade and slave tiade births do Dot
begin to meet the demand f?r labor, and
slave property has advanced enormously here
within a short time. 1 he estimated annual
importation is fiom twenty to thirty thousand
from Africa, tieiitlemen who have travelled
all over tin- Maml the past winter, tell me that
slave hav? 5 nnived latch at every port from
Allien: but still there is a constant demand
for labor,. The Chinese importation of 1,900
io increased tc fl.COC -is bv.t ns .t drop ?n
' the ocean. Occasionally European white labor
ha? been tried but aside from the indolence
and inertness of the white laborers brought here
there are no white people capable of enduring
heat hut the natives of the Island."
The Widow of Gex. Harrison.?The estimable
widow of Gen. Harrison still occupies
ja portion of the old mansion at North Bend,
; where she is watched over by the filial care of
| the family of Col. Taylor. She is in the sej
rene evening of a long and eventful life, and,
J though hearing the weight of many years, is
sun iiiiie 10 move aoout her room. This exi
cellt-lit woman became the wife of Geo. (then
Cflpl.) Harrison, near the close of the lastcen- * '
tury, while he was in command of Fort Washington,
now Cincinnati. Her father Judge
Sy mines, was principal of the original proprietors
of the Miami purchase, a tract of 248,1000
acres which was first purchased at a price
of sixty six cents per acre. The present Harrison
estate consists of 800 acres at North
Bend, and 420 at the mouth of the Miami.
The property is as yet undivided, thougff it is
the intention of the heirs to effect a division
the coming season. This step is rendered
necessary by the fact that, from the almost
constant absence of the proprietor in former
years, the productiveness of the land has so
far deteriorated, that a strong per.-onal interest
in the soil is indispensable to its resuscitation.
The estate formerly embraced a large tract of
intervale laud to the northward, but is now
mostly composed of high rolling lands near
the Ohio.? Cur. Ohio State Jovrnal..
i 1
Later from Enropc..
ARRIVAL OF T1IE BALTIC.
Nkw York, J une 26tli.?The steamer Baltic arrived
bringing 160 passengers and Liverpool
dates of the 15th instant. The Africa arrived
out on the 1 Sth.
Hon. Mr. Foote, charge to Australia, and
Senator Foote, of Vermont, are among the
Bailie's passengers.
1 England ?The English Government had
announced in both Houses that the English
and French fleets were jointly despatched to
the Dardanli es fuu.i.-h.d with simitar instructions
and that the host understanding existed
between France ami England. It was not "expected
that any coili-ion would occur. It was
further .-tatcd that Kissnlw the Kus-iun Minis,
t-r of Jo.-tice, had arrived in i'aris bringing
pacific assurances from the Czar. It was however
not untikcly that Kusho would temporari|
> occupy ilie frontier of the Hauubiau por- \
inces.
Mr. French m?o cil forpll die correspondence
rega dtng llteimpi isoninciit of negroes in ."south
Carolina. lie was coiiviiut-d if South CamI
na wcie prop. iL jiicssed she would annul
her iii :ck Laws, Tim ?oriespbud.-uce was
!h.-refo!c unified, in tint House of Lords,
Lord Be.iuio-ait iua?ie asi>t.ilur nioli.iu.
'J lic Emigiaut ship Aurora, bound from Hull
to New Yuik. loundered ou'lhe 2l)tli May, taking
.town 21) of the ..erew and passengers.
'iiu* Cant, and twelve others were >uvcd.
Fringe.?Ad views from I'aris to the 14th
stale that on It.e 13th the 1'iiliee of Uus.-iu
and tin* Duke "I Saxe C'olmrg passed llnough
Lille on their way to Loudon.
Orders had reached Bre.-t on, the lOili to *
arm two strain frigates and two sailing vess. !>,
Liu L nothing was known of their destiuaiiuu.
M. Sall.mdruse it. coining to New York in
the steamer Keine Hortvin-e, as the,Euiperoi's
own Commissioner to 'lie World'a Fair.
Dembiuski has addressed a letter to the Debats
saving thai bo hud not offered bis ser
vivos 10 the Porte, but if a command was oflot
oil liim lie should tint decline. ^
Turkey ?^Advice^from Constantinople to
1 the 30;It stale that i'urkey bad handed to the
Ambassadors of the four great powers a note
explaining the measures taken' lo maintain the integrity
of her lenkoiies, and declaring firmly
that any anangemeul with liussia is out of the
question while that power persists in her exliorbitaiit
demands. On the 2bth the 1 reach
Minister gave Redschid Pasha, the lormal ns1
snraiiee of the sujiport of the French Government,
and Lord Stiatibrd de Redeliffw was to
have had an audience on the 2d of June for 1
the purpose ol' giving a similar assurance on
the. part of England.
The military propitiations of the Turks were
carried on with gre.it activity. A Turkish fleet
ot "22 sail was anchored at the entrance of the
tilai-l; Sea on the 30th. At the Ar&nul 12
coiiveliesand seveial fiigntes were being armed
to he leady hy the 2d of June. A hundred
and forty boats were employed constantly in
transporting urliliery and amuiunition to the
deet citadel on the llosphorns. The militia
were pouring in from all quarters and the troops
were to be reviewed by the Sultan on the 30th.
The Rus>iau fleet at Sebastopol consists of
13 ships of the line, 8 frigates and 12 smaller
1 vessels.
Col. Pernoff, Commander the Russian
| Pontoon Biigade had arrived at Amja on the
lb ft. liaiik o| ihe Priith.
Liverpool, June 15th. ? The Africa's adI
- : ,i .1 #*..* .......I...* ...I.SAII U'oj
*!? ?? IHIJMWVCU I lie wutlllll IMillnCt KlkVU "? <"
tu11Iitjr s>ti eiigtbened by large si eculative purchases
of the lower grades. The market lias
therefore been aetive at full prices. Sales of
the three days 25,000 bales, of which specula- j
tors took 10,000 and exporters J000 hales,
I Fair Orleans 0 1-4.; Middling 0d.; Fair Mobile
ami Uplands ti 1-4J ; Middling 5 7-8d a 5 10i
10.; Ordinary 5 1-4 a 5 5-*>d ; Interior 4 a5d. s
I lupous 30.000 bales
Issi tucnoNS to Diplomatic Agents.?The
S civ tan of State has issued instructions to our
1 diplomatic and consular agents abroad, intended
to elfect certain important reforms in those
j branches of tin* public service. Herafterottr for'
| eign ministers are to transact their own business, ,
and not traiisfei to their secretaries the onus and ..
lespons bilities of otlicial signatures. For the
future all our legation are ordered to be opened ^
every day, except Sundays, from 9 a. in. to .'1. p.
in., for the accommodation of American citizens,
and American passports are to be vised gratis
at the American legation, in all places where
ihero is one. All fits paid at a consulate are to
Ito reported i > the State Department, under a
: penalty of dismissal from office. The secretary
lias also a I >ol is 11 rd consular and diplomatic uniforms,
in all eas >s wlu-re they can be dispensed
with. American ministers must appear at foreign
court in the simple dress of an American ^
citizen, where they can do so without impairing
their usefulness:
"The simplicity of our usages and the tone of
feeling among our people," says the Secretary,
, "is much more in accordance with the example
of our first and most distinguished representative
at a royal court than the practice which has
since prevailed." No oue but an American is to
be hconfW allowed to act a:- Secretary e? Lega